Synonyms of cast (off)

cast (off) 1 of 3

verb

as in to dump

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dump
• discard
• ditch
• unload
• lose
• shuck (off)
• slough (off)
• fling (off or away)
• throw away
• scrap
• shed
• sluff (off)
• abandon
• dispose of
• reject
• set aside
• jettison
• throw out
• lay by
• exorcize
• remove
• toss
• exorcise
• chuck
• junk
• cashier
• eliminate
• 86
• dismiss
• eighty-six
• deep-six
• root (out)
• pitch
• abdicate
• kick out
• stamp (out)
• forsake
• wipe out
• abolish
• desert
• eradicate
• extirpate
• exterminate
• expunge
• annihilate
• extinguish
• liquidate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopt
• use
• take on
• embrace
• employ
• utilize
• keep
• hold
• retain
• hold back

castoff

2 of 3

noun

as in reject

one who is cast out or rejected by society

a castoff who later became a famous poet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reject
• castaway
• outcast
• pariah
• leper
• exile
• outsider
• offscouring
• untouchable
• deportee

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• insider

cast-off

3 of 3

adjective

as in discarded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discarded
• junked
• waste
• refuse
• neglected
• jettisoned
• castaway
• ignored
• untended
• unattended
• shabby
• rejected
• disused
• vacated
• abandoned
• forsaken
• deserted
• derelict
• godforsaken
• forgotten
• vacant
• miserable
• desolate
• wretched
• void
• idle
• empty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reclaimed
• saved
• recovered
• redeemed
• salvaged
• retrieved
• restored
• reconditioned
• rescued
• rehabilitated
• rehabbed
• repeopled